Concert detail
Queen live at the Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [11.01.1985]Basic information
| Artist | Queen |
|---|---|
| Date | 11.01.1985 |
| Venue | Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio) |
| City | Rio De Janeiro |
| Country | Brazil |
| Support band | Ney Matogrosso, Erasmo Carlos, Baby Consuelo e Pepeu Gomes, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden |
| Attendance | 150000 |
| Audio recording | Length: 109:32 Quality: VG [an average audience recording] Direct download: https://mega.nz/folder/Y5JHlCBC#i8DwDpjTrdWRBjbWAQgu2w |
| Video - information | 112 minutes. Stolen (?) from TV archives. Part was released officially. |
| Video - downloads | Full Lost In Rio footage DVD: link A merge of all best sources (Chinwonder2): link |
| Bits and pieces | Freddie wore fake boobs for 'I Want To Break Free' and although the fans didn't mind, the British press made a huge fuss about it and wrote that the audience felt offended because 'I Want To Break Free' was a symbol of a fight for freedom. The existing bootleg video proves the contrary. Freddie also forgot some words during 'It's A Hard Life' and had to improvise a bit. |
| Line-up | Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, electric guitar), Brian May (electric guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, electric guitar), Spike Edney (keyboards, piano, electric guitar, backing vocals) |
Memorabilia
![Ticket stub - Queen live at the Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [11.01.1985]](/watermark.php?type=ticket&filename=1985-01-11m.jpg)
ticket stub(from my own collection)
concert program(from my own collection)
concert poster
concert poster
concert poster
backstage pass
backstage pass
flyer/ad
flyer/ad
Articles
![Newspaper review: Queen live at the Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [11.01.1985]](/inc/newspaper/1985-01-11.jpg)
Fan stories
Written by Rene Alexis Penaloza Munoz
It was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rock in Rio concerts were happening. Two weeks of the most varied types of band playing on a giant stage. Disparate as it may seem names such as AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, The B52's, Queen, Iron Maiden, James Taylor and Al Jarreau (!) to name a few, were at some point sharing the stage. The lighting rig was Queen's own from the The Works Tour. I got tickets for seven out of eleven gigs as a reward for finishing my university studies (thanks dad) and of course all my attention was directed to the Queen shows. One night while walking near the beach in Copacabana, I noticed some frantic action at the door of the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. People were shouting and cheering, security people tried to keep the small crowd that was growing in numbers away from someone famous coming out of the hotel. It was Brian May!!! He had come down from his hotel suit to greet some fans that had lit a huge number of candles on the sand forming the word Queen. He stood there in the middle for a few minutes finishing lighting the last candles followed by an enthusiastic burst of handclapping from the surrounding fans. And he was a gentleman too, returning back to the hotel he stopped to sign autographs to any fan that may have felt compelled to request them, that includes me. Sad thing is, I seem not to remember where I hid mine, probably is resting in the middle of one of my books in my library. But the moment remains in my emory till this day. I met Brian in Person. I got his autograph.
Many years later while studying in London, I met Brian by chance at a coffee shop in Notting Hill Gate and at Windsor Castle but then I didn't have the guts to bother him.
And that's it. My other lively and beautiful memory are the Queen concerts in Sao Pauo (Brazil) in 1981, my very first concerts ever, but that's another story.